Irish bakery found guilty of discrimination after refusing 'support gay marriage' cake order

The bakery in Northern Ireland is owned by a devout Christian who refuses to bake the cake with the slogan of gay marriage, is convicted of discrimination and is fined in Belfast.

This case became very political in Northern Ireland and members of the state's largest political party, the Democratic Unity Party (DUP), proposed to introduce a conscience clause legislation allowing for detention for religious reasons Did.

Martin McGuinness, Deputy Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, is a member of the Xinfen Party of the Irish National Party and welcomed this decision as "a good result of equality".

Homosexual rights activist Gareth Lee canceled the cake order at Belfast's Ashers Bake Company and raised a civil suit with the slogan "Supportive Homosexual Marriage."

Mr. Lee said in court hearing in March that he felt that it was "worthless" and "small person" due to baker's rejection.

"This is a person who can enter a shop, hotel, or restaurant like Gareth, they may have a different religious viewpoint from me, so I want to know what I can serve here, It's not about cake. "

Daniel MacArthur, a Christian bakery manager, says: "We are happy to be able to serve everyone, but we can not promote a career against the biblical marriage.

"We just want to live and work according to faith, which will determine our way of life, how to raise children and how to operate.

District Court Judge Iber Brownlee said that while defendants had the right to a religious belief in her ruling, "their way of expression is limited."

The court ordered the baker to discount Li for his sexual orientation and political beliefs and ultimately pay 500 pounds ($ 973) to a cake made by another bakery I certified that.

The controversy over promoting the conscience clause bill by DUP is under debate

"What we can not have is a hierarchical structure of rights Today there is a clear hierarchical structure, that is, gay rights are more important than those of religious beliefs To achieve the right balance We need to act in parliament, "he said.

However, Gavin Boyd of the Rainbow Project stated that the DUP wants to withdraw the plan of conscience clause.

"This was a very catastrophic event for members of the entire Northern Ireland community, in any case the members of the conference suggested that the company propose a bill that would deny them access to goods, equipment, or services Sho, "Boyd gentleman said

Northern Ireland is the only region in the UK where law does not introduce gay marriage.

A referendum on the introduction of same-sex marriage will be held in Ireland this weekend.

In 2012, a gay couples sued a bakery in Colorado because the owner was a Christian, thought that gay marriage was "deity god" and refused to burn a wedding cake did. The owner filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court for freedom of speech and freedom of conscience. In 2016, a few armed men stood by her, so Nice Beach women were forced to disassemble some of her clothes. She was wearing costumes similar to the whole bathing suits banned under the name of "Burkini", laïcité (secularism) at many beach resorts in France.

On October 24, 2016, the BELFAST APPLICATION Court ruled that family-owned bakeries are acting illegally because they refused to decorate cakes with the message "to support homosexual marriage". The bakery does not want to help gay marriages. Does MacArthur's family also discriminate customers based on his sexual orientation? This problem is complicated and can lead to confusion. Peter Tatchell writes a very good article (http://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/ashers-gay-cake-verdict-is-defeat-for-fedom-of-expression/), this article slices properly There is a possibility (it is not confused). Tatchell thinks there is a difference between differentiating ideas and differentiating people. The former is acceptable, and in fact it must be allowed to enter the democratic society. The latter is wrong and should be criticized. In the scene in front of you, a couple who runs a bakery says, "Because he is gay, he does not discriminate customers.